Then I knew the Africans were right. There is spirit stuff. There is spirit affliction; it is not a matter of metaphor and symbol, or even psychology. And I began to see how anthropologists have perpetuated an endless series of put-downs about the many spirit events in which they participated—"participated" in a kindly pretense. They might have obtained valuable material, but they have been operating with the wrong paradigm, that of the positivists’ denial.
Edith Turner in Shamanism, Spring/Summer 1997, Vol. 10, No. 1. The Reality of Spirits
Edith Turner passed away today, she was 95.
Celebrating the Works of Edith “Edie” Turner Youtube video
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